Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency)

Information about Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency)

Twickenham Borough constituency

Twickenham shown within Greater London
Created:	1918
MP:	Vincent Cable
Party:	Liberal Democrat
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater London
EP constituency:	London

Twickenham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

Hampton Court Palace

The constituency covers the western part of the London Borough of Richmond, i.e., that part of the borough on the north bank of the River Thames (although the river is on a north-south axis at this point). It includes the town of Twickenham, as well as the Hampton, Teddington and Whitton areas. It also includes Hampton Court Palace and Bushy Park, and the Rugby Football Union's ground, Twickenham Stadium.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in South London, the Boundary Commission for England has not recommended any changes to the boundaries of this constituency. The Commission received only eleven representations following the publication of their original proposals, of which ten were in support.

The electoral wards forming the constituency are:

Fulwell and Hampton Hill, Hampton, Hampton North, Hampton Wick, Heathfield, St Margarets and North Twickenham, South Twickenham, Teddington, Twickenham Riverside, West Twickenham, Whitton.

History

Twickenham was a safe seat for the Conservative Party for many years, but the Liberal Democrats gained the seat at the 1997 general election. Its current MP, Liberal Democrat Vincent Cable, has increased his majority in the two general elections since, and the seat is one of very few in Britain that gave the Liberal Democrats a majority of votes in the 2005 election.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1918	Sir William Joynson-Hicks	Coalition Conservative
1922	Sir William Joynson-Hicks	Conservative
1929	Sir John Ferguson	Conservative
1932	Hylton Ralph Murray-Philipson	Conservative
1934	Alfred Cecil Critchley	Conservative
1935	Sir Edward Keeling	Conservative
1955	Gresham Cooke	Conservative
1970	Toby Jessel	Conservative
1997	Vincent Cable	Liberal Democrat

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

Twickenham by-election, 8th August 1929
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	%
	Conservative Party	Sir John Ferguson	14,705	47.7	−0.8
	Labour Party	T.J. Mason	14,202	46.1	−0.8
	Liberal Party	F.G. Paterson	1,920	6.2	+11.3
Majority			503	1.6	−10.5
Turnout				49.5	−12.1
	Conservative Party hold		Swing	−6.6

Elections in the 1930s

General election, 1931: Twickenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	%
	Conservative Party	Sir John Ferguson	39,161	74.0	+26.3
		Percy Holman	13,793	26.0	+26.3
Majority			25,398	48.0	−20.1
Turnout			42,954	71.3	+46.4
	Conservative Party hold		Swing	+23.2

Twickenham by-election, 16th September 1932
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	%
	Conservative Party	Hylton Murray-Philipson	21,688	56.2	−17.8
		Percy Holman	16,881	43.8	−17.8
Majority			4,807	12.4	+17.8
Turnout			38,569	51.9	−35.6
	Conservative Party hold		Swing	−17.8

Twickenham by-election, 22nd June 1934
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	%
	Conservative Party	Alfred Critchley	23,395	56.1	−0.1
		Percy Holman	19,890	43.9	−0.1
Majority			5,505	12.2	+0.1
Turnout			43,285	55.5	−0.2
	Conservative Party hold		Swing	−0.1

Elections in the 1950s

Twickenham by-election, 25th January 1955
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	%
	Conservative Party	Gresham Cooke	23,075	64.0	−1.9
	Labour Party	R. P. Pitman	12,953	36.0	−1.9
Majority			10,122	28.1	−1.9
Turnout			36,028		−3.9
	Conservative Party hold		Swing	−1.9

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Twickenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	%
	Liberal Democrats	Vincent Cable	26,237	45.1
	Conservative Party	Toby Jessel	21,956	37.8
	Labour Party	E Tutchell	9,065	15.6
	Independent English Conservative and Referendum	J Harrison	589	1.0
		T Haggar	155	0.3
		A Hardy	142	0.2
Majority			4,281	7.3%
Turnout			58,144	79.3%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Party		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2001: Twickenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	%
	Liberal Democrats	Vincent Cable	24,344	48.7	+3.6
	Conservative Party	Nick Longworth	16,689	33.4	+3.6
	Labour Party	Dean Rogers	6,903	13.8	-4.3
		Judy Maciejowska	1,423	2.8	-1.8
		Ray Hollebone	579	1.2	N/A
Majority			7,655	15.3	N/A
Turnout			49,938	66.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

General Election 2005: Twickenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	%
	Liberal Democrats	Vincent Cable	26,696	51.6	+2.9
	Conservative Party	Paul Maynard	16,731	32.4	+2.9
	Labour Party	Brian Whitington	5,868	11.4	−1.0
		Henry Gower	1,445	2.8	−2.4
		Douglas Orchard	766	1.5	0.0
	Independent	Brian Gibert	117	0.2	+0.3
		George Weiss	64	0.1	N/A
Majority			9,965	19.3	N/A
Turnout			51,687	71.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+2.0

Sources

Boundary Commission for England
Leigh Rayment's peerage pages: House Of Commons Constituencies Beginning With T
Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

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Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency)

Information about Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency)

Boundaries

Boundary review

History

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 2000s

See also

Sources

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